Monday 26th November 2012 by Grace Carroll | Photos by WENN

Tags: Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj's latest album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up, has not been the chart hit the rapper expected - and she is blaming low sales on US stores refusing to sell the album.

The album is a special box-set reissue of Nicki's second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, and was released on 19 November but isn't doing as well as it was expected to do.

With the biggest shopping days of the American season recently taking place, including Black Friday, many shoppers could not find Nicki's album in stores - causing her to miss out on one of the best selling days of the year.

Speaking to Power 105.1, Nicki said, "It's hard to get the album because the stores basically said that the last few re-releases they had put out did not do well and they didn't want to take a chance.

"So Target and Walmart [are] not selling the album. And Target is actually my biggest retailer.

"They've sold the most Nicki Minaj albums ever; thank you Target, but I wish you could have sold this one... it kind of sets you up to fail."

Nicki Minaj performing at London's O2 Arena

However, Nicki did say that she's happy just to have released the album for her fans, regardless of how well it manages to sell.

The 'Starships' rapper added, "At the end of the day I'm happy that I was able to put the music out.

"The real reason for me to put out The Re-Up is because I wanted to have a bridge between this time and the third album. I wanted people to have music that I really stand by."

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